Get 1,000 Virgin Flying Club bonus miles with Tesco Clubcard
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Virgin Flying Club has brought back its favourite Tesco Clubcard offer – a 1,000 miles opt-in bonus for switching on auto-convert.
For clarity, this may be targetted to people who received the email. It is not showing on either the Tesco or Virgin Atlantic websites.
I do not recommend auto-converting your Clubcard points, to either Virgin Flying Club or Avios. You would miss out if a conversion bonus came along, or indeed a better Tesco Clubcard offer launched with another partner.
It is better to keep your Clubcard vouchers in a drawer until you need them, or until a conversion bonus appears. The days of lucrative offers on Tesco Clubcard, however, are over.
If you have a dormant Clubcard account, or one which only accrues a handful of points per quarter, you should go for this. In your personal details you can elect to have future Clubcard points sent to Virgin.
Even though your Clubcard account is empty, or virtually empty, you will still get the 1,000 Flying Club miles. Once they turn up, you can switch off auto-convert if you wish.
There is minimal small print attached to this:
You must sign up for Auto Convert between now (7th February) and 29th February 2020 to qualify for the 1,000 bonus miles. The bonus miles can only be collected once.
As an extra bonus, one person who switches on auto convert before 29th February will win 40,000 Flying Club miles.
You can see details of the Tesco / Virgin partnership on the Virgin Flying Club / Tesco Clubcard page here although the conversion bonus is not mentioned there.
PS. If you missed it, you should take a look at our recent article on the top 10 reasons why you should apply for the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard credit card.
How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (April 2024)
As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Virgin Points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.
You can choose from two official Virgin Atlantic credit cards (apply here, the Reward+ card has a bonus of 15,000 Virgin Points):
Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
15,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review
Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard
A generous earning rate for a free card at 0.75 points per £1 Read our full review
You can also earn Virgin Points from various American Express cards – and these have sign-up bonuses too.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is FREE for a year and comes with 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 20,000 Virgin Points.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review
The Platinum Card from American Express comes with 40,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 40,000 Virgin Points.
The Platinum Card from American Express
40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review
Small business owners should consider the two American Express Business cards. Points convert at 1:1 into Virgin Points.
American Express Business Platinum
40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review
American Express Business Gold
20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review
Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Virgin Points.
(Want to earn more Virgin Points? Click here to see our recent articles on Virgin Atlantic and Flying Club and click here for our home page with the latest news on earning and spending other airline and hotel points.)
